i mean can you really trust the justice system enough ..or are thier too many human errors in life to always be 100% sure........
2006-06-21 06:24:29 · 99 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
what if its a mistake.... you hear about it all the time......
2006-06-21 06:28:37 · update #1
No, it's a total waste of resources. If someone has done something so bad that warrents death, then why waste the meat. We do all of this testing on innocent animals who have done nothing wrong, most of the test resulting in death. Why not do the test on actual humans, I would think we would get better results, seeing as how we are doing the testing for human benefit any how. I say sentience them to some research facility where they will be used in experimental testing.
2006-06-30 12:29:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
no way but i,m a brit so we just lock up our murderers, rapists and pheodophiles. But did you know that since 1976 when the death penalty was reinstated 122 people have been found to actually be innocent, so then released. That is the ammount recorded in 2005 anyway. Some of these people have spent years serving time for crimes not committed, crimes they could never have committed and sometimes this has come to light within the justice system but more often than not authourity will not own up to their errors. Normally it is outside individuals that push for cases to be looked into again. If it can happen to those people it could happen to anyone who lives in a country that enforces the death sentance. And no, i don't think any sane person can believe that killing the guilty ones makes up for the mistakes. And they are the mistakes we actually know about........
2006-06-21 06:50:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think anything in life is 100% anything; except maybe death and taxes. As far as punishment goes, my opinion is that it should fit the crime. For instance, there was a story a few years back in a local paper here, that said a 23 year old guy had gotten fired from his job and was "upset" about it; so the jerk goes to the daycare and picks up his 3 year old little girl, takes her out to some desolate area, dumps gasoline on her and lights her up, then walks away as she is crying and screaming AND trying to CRAWL TO HIM - HER OWN FATHER!!! In my opinion, the SAME thing should have been done to him, AT LEAST!!
I couldn't sleep for 3 or 4 days after hearing about that.
So, I would have to say, yes I do support the death penalty.
Sorry about the horrible story, I was just trying to make my point.
2006-06-21 06:36:43 · answer #3 · answered by pockets 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I can't support the death penalty, as you say, there are too many human errors and even science is not 100%.
Think of all the people who have been let out of jail as they have been found innocent years on - you can give someone their life back, but you can't bring someone back from the dead!
Sometimes I watch the news and I think "They deserve to die" over certain offenders (especially paedophiles), but no, I don't think the death penalty is the answer.
2006-06-23 00:07:18 · answer #4 · answered by Krissyinthesun 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My opinions are harsh and sometimes cold, but I feel that the Death Penalty is another form of Human Population Control. I do support the Death Penalty and whether the system is 100% accurate or not. An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. As another poster said:
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!
2006-06-21 06:30:14 · answer #5 · answered by Alley S. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No I don't
First, because, like you said there are many mistakes
Second, I think that death is too easy for the people who actually committed some these crimes. They should have much harsher, stricter punishments. They should be taken out and tortured, raped, beaten So they know what it feels like. Death is an escape, not a punishment. Half those people want to die anyway. The only reason I would agree with it is to save the taxpayers money because it cost a lot to keep someone in jail.
2006-06-21 06:35:51 · answer #6 · answered by Babyred 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No I never have believed in the death penalty even tho most Americans support it. As an American who travels to Europe often, I'm asked to "defend" or discuss the U.S. position on the Death Penalty more than any other topic (including our current president and war). I just read there are only four "civilized" countries that still have a death penalty...the U.S., Korea, Saudi Arabia and China. Nice company to be in?
2006-06-21 07:07:20 · answer #7 · answered by TheBanner 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hell yeah I support the death penalty. They don't tend to use it unless the evidence is all there against the person. If someone admits to a brutal murder or crime and they admit to it I don't think that they should get a leniant sentence just because they have admitted to it. They should get the full justice of the law if that means Death then so be it.
2006-06-26 00:39:01 · answer #8 · answered by hazel1558 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When we have a death penalty I will support it. Right now we have a wait 'till the laws change Penalty. Or is it "we will look at your sentencing again in 15 years". As to beeing 100% correct, there is not now, nor will there ever be, such a thing, except death.
2006-06-21 06:33:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No because what gives anyone the right to take another's life away even if that person has done something wrong? Plus, it's been a proven statistic that capital punishment is not lowering the murder rate. Also, it seems to me that the death penalty is like escapism, I mean, that criminal does not have to reflect on what he/she has done if they are dead. Life in prison is a better alternative because that person must spend the rest of their lives facing the consequences of their actions. If they are dead, that doesn't seem like much of a punishment to me.
2006-06-21 20:31:14 · answer #10 · answered by Liadan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I support the death penalty. Could I sentence a person to death now that is a whole different question.
2006-06-21 06:33:00 · answer #11 · answered by becca 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋